Alice and andrew are discussing thesis development. alice argues that a topic becomes a thesis if we want to write about the topic. andrew, on the other hand, maintains that a topic is not a thesis but that a thesis is the foundation of a topic. who is correct

One common educational practice is to chart students' progress over time so that students can see their own improvement. these progress charts often lead to higher student achievement in the absence of other observable forms of reinforcement. the effectiveness of such charts in changing behavior illustrates the role of reinforcement as:

You are bringing together faculty from different behavioral disciplines to author a new textbook in organizational behavior. represented are professors from psychology, sociology, social psychology, anthropology, political science, and industrial engineering. which faculty member is most likely to furnish information about personality, learning, and motivation?

It is widely assumed that people need to engage in intellectual activities such as solving crossword puzzles or mathematics problems in order to maintain mental sharpness as they age. in fact, however, simply talking to other people—that is, participating in social interaction, which engages many mental and perceptual skills—suffices. evidence to this effect comes from a study showing that the more social contact people report, the better their mental skills. which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the force of the evidence cited? (a) as people grow older, they are often advised to keep exercising their physical and mental capacities in order to maintain or improve them. (b) many medical conditions and treatments that adversely affect a person's mental sharpness also tend to increase that person's social isolation. (c) many people are proficient both in social interactions and in solving mathematical problems. (d) the study did not itself collect data but analyzed data bearing on the issue from prior studies. (e) the tasks evaluating mental sharpness for which data were compiled by the study were more akin to mathematics problems than to conversation.